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My Pick of the Week US mid-term elections 2018: Trump’s invincible, but for how much longer? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46099744 World Cameroon school kidnap: More than 70 pupils seized in Bamenda https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46096924 New Caledonia: French Pacific territory rejects independence https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46087053 What are Pakistan’s…

My Pick of the Week Khashoggi affair: Will it reshape Middle East politics? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45995580 World Lion Air (Indonesia): How could a brand new plane crash? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46014260 Koreas to remove guns and guard posts from Panmunjom ‘truce town’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45946924 Europe Wildlife…

My Pick of the Week The five countries that set world culture (Is France among them?) http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180701-the-five-countries-that-set-world-culture World Thailand cave rescue: Boys ‘could be in cave for months’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44692813 Trump-Putin summit to be held in Finland on 16 July https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44637244…

My Pick of the Week Who was behind the jihadist attacks on Europe and North America? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-40000952 Europe Ukraine staged fake murder of journalist http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44307611 Mamoudou Gassama: Mali ‘Spiderman’ to be made French citizen http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44275776 Balcony rescue highlights French immigration…

My Pick of the Week How to handle the flood of GDPR privacy updates http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43907689 WORLD NEWS Koreas summit: Will historic talks lead to lasting peace? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43932032 How world leaders have handled Donald Trump http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43961618 FRANCE & Europe Legal row…

My Pick of the Week James Comey interview, “Donald Trump will ‘stain everyone around him” http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-16/james-comey-says-donald-trump-will-stain-everyone-around-him/9662862 WORLD NEWS Trump Kim talks: The tricky task of preparing for the summit http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43343936 Syria air strikes: Macron says he convinced Trump not to…

My Pick of the Week Hawking: Did he change views on disability? http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43399921 WORLD NEWS Russia election: Putin basks in election he could not lose http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43454830 What do young Russians think of Putin? (not as brainwashed as you might expect)…